Jacob B- This picture of the statue of Don Quixote and Sncho Panza in Madrid is one of the most famous symbols of the Spanish culture. The statue is a representation of Don uixote and his companion Sancho Panza as they adventure La Mancha. I chose this statue, because it is a great representaion of the spanish culture showing how the spanish people are very creative, and innovative. Don quixote was the first novel created for just entertinment. Don Quixote's statue is located at Plaza de Espana in the heart of Madrid and Spain. The story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is one of the most commonly known stories in Spain hugley impacting the Spanish culture.
Josiah- The paella is one of spains most famous dishes. Originally a poor man's dish. The paella has a nationwide fame with each region, town, village and even house hold creating their own versions of the dish. There are many paella competitions throughout spain ranging from the biggest to the best tasting and each region has its own "Paella Day". I Chose this dish because the Paella is important to the spainish culture, and it looks
delicious.
Annie- I chose Flamenco Dancing because it is one of the traditions of the Spanish Culture and also because I dance as well. However, Flamenco Dancing is a misconception, Flamenco is actually a genre of music in which people dance to. Guitar, vocal and rhythm are the main components to Flamenco style music. When you are doing this style of dance, the "costumes" are styled like the dresses in the picture above. They are tight in the top and have ruffled mermaid tails on the bottle. When you are dancing the bottoms follow you as you turn. The inspiration of this dance comes from its audience. When dancing the audience most likely claps along to the music making a nice beat for the dancers to improve to. Flamenco dancing is most commonly performed in the streets and at festivals in Spain.
Sadie---> The picture is of downtown Madrid. The reason I chose it was because I was curious as to if downtown would be the same or different then around downtown La Crosse, WI. I can defiantly see some differences, for example they don't have a cars going up and down the street more people appear to be walking places. Also they appear to also have more homes above what I can only guess are shops. Unlike downtown, where if there are two story buildings their either two different, or just a few apartments though not as many as I can see in downtown Madrid above. I personally feel the buildings look more colorful then ours downtown as well. we usually just see brick buildings, if I'm remembering correctly. To me it also looks like the buildings downtown are much taller then ours by just a few floors. I really do find it interesting to be seeing more people walking then driving because here most drive around downtown.
Dane-- I chose the aqueducts of Segovia, Spain even though it was built by the Romans it is one of my favorite piece of architecture in Spain. One reason it is one of my favorite is because it reflects the modern side of the past and the engineering of the old times. And just the look of it is amazing the amount of planning that had to go into such an amazing feat of engineering. The architecture is great and it was just to get water across the city. And for someone to have came up with such an amazing way to move water from one place to another.
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Macayla-- I choose the medieval walls in Avila, Spain because this is beautiful. This medieval structure surrounds the whole city of Avila. It's over 1,000 years old and it looks like it's brand new. Even if some parts are broken down it's still so beautiful. I've always been interested in "ancient" structures; such as this, or anything relatively old and beautiful. This structure and structures like it are just impressive, I mean this is built out of stone before we had "fancy" machines and these amazing "thingies" that build the buildings we have now. It probably has been restored here and there but just imagine how long it took to build and how many trial and errors they probably went through. It just amazes me how beautiful and creative this is and it's; again, over 1,000 years old.
Kristina H- I chose the windmills in La Mancha. These windmills are very old and were made famous in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de La Mancha. This novel was the first novel written for pure enjoyment. Now I know windmills can't be that exiting to most people, but in my family we always like to point out windmills on car rides. Even today we still use windmills. They might look a little different then they did back in the days that these were built but, they still complete the task they were designed to do.
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Jacob F - I chose soccer because it is my favorite sport and something that the Spanish culture loves to do. Soccer is one of the very popular hobbies among them with all the teams in spain and player recruiting. It's always interesting to see how dedicated the fans in spain are to soccer and will show up to watch almost all games and devote their lives to this sport. Soccer is pride to them having a pitch or space to play in almost every town in spain for many people to either particpate in or spectate the games. Being there national sport and much loved activity I believe soccer is one of the very imortant parts of the Spanish culture.
Zach D - I chose the Royal Palace of Madrid, it was built in 1755 and has 3,418 rooms inside.
It is the largest Palace standing in Western Europe covering 135,000 sq. meters. The royal family doesn't actually live in it anymore, and it has become a major tourist attraction. The interior of the palace consists of priceless art, paintings, watches, and a ton of other stuff. One interesting fact is that the Palace was burnt down by emperor Philip V, and after he had a new one built, after that waste of time/ money it lasted only less than 100 years before nobody even lived there anymore. Yet it still stands to be one of the top landmarks in Espana.
Aaron \(O_O\) This is a picture of the running of the bull. The running of the bulls is an event that takes place every year in pampolna, it came about in the 13th century and it was invented to get the bulls to the fighting ring. Even though the running of the bulls is dangerous in the last century there has only been 13 deaths the latest being in 1995. I chose this picture because i was interested in what the reason for the running of the bulls was.
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Adam- I did the Running if the Bulls. The Running of the has always been a little weird to me. Why would you want to put
yourself with a bunch of other people and try to run away from a horde of angry bulls. The whole point of the Running of the Bulls was to create a large spectacle that the rest of the world would see as unimaginable to the rest of the world. At the start two rockets are fired to get the bulls angry and wanting to get moving. Then the bulls chase the runners for a distance of eight-hundred and twenty-five meters and this is the distance between the corral and the bullring. The runners only have to run for about three to four minutes but the longest run lasted over ten minutes. That is the case when one bull gets separated from the rest of the group.
Kristina B- I decided to choose the beautiful beach called Tossa de Mar. This beach has soft white sand is known for its crystal clear waters and beautiful views. It is surrounded by cliffs and also to the west is a beautiful medieval castle, which you can climb to the top and look over the Tossa de Mar beach. The beach is located on the coastline of Costa Brava and is almost always filled with tourists and people from that area. The beach is 380 meters long and 60 meters wide. It can hold many people and attracts many from far away. I chose this beach because I love traveling to new places and being able to swim in the crystal clear waters. I thought is was super cool how next to the beach was an old medieval castle. You would not have to look far to find a view at this beach. I would definitely not mind coming here on my next trip.
Kate- I chose La Tomatina, because it looks fun and somewhat kind of bizarre. La Tomatina is one of Spain's big celebrations. Many people, tourists and locals gather on the last Wednesday in August, to take part in this celebration. La Tomatina is part of the week-long festival, honoring Buñol Patron Saint. The local government sponsors the event by sending in over 88,000 pounds of tomatoes to be used. The tomato war lasts for one hour, and after an hour everyone has to stop throwing tomatoes. Afterwards, fire trucks come and spray the streets and because of the acidity in the tomatoes, the ground is clean.
Adam munns- This is la tomatina a huge yearly festival that is held in the town of bunol ( there is a ~ on the n) which is in eastern Spain it has been held on the last Wednesday of august since 1945. Participants literally just throw tomatoes at each other I choose it for that reason because it seems kinda neat. It was estimated that 145,000 kg of tomatoes were thrown at the 2015 event. You have to get a ticket (there is a limited amount) for a small fee to enter, this is to limit the amount of participants. At the end fire trucks hose down the streets and people and the cobbles end up very shiny due to the tomatoes acid.
Chelsea L- Inspired by Gothic ways, it's different from other cities. A scene fallen out of a fairy tale, Barcelona is just the most beautiful place! All created by Antoni Gaudi. With medieval roots and bizarre architecture, the shopping streets are constantly filled with 3,000 pedestrians! Their harbor is the largest and one of the most important in the Mediterranean Sea. The golden beaches you see in Barcelona are artificial because of the rework done, this happened because they were to host the Olympic Games. Speaking of games, FC Barcelona is the most popular sports club here, with it's own museum whom is the 3rd most visited in Spain. And in these busy streets are terrible drivers! With accidents happening every 20 seconds, but on the weekends... It's 10 cars every second!
Carter M- I chose the Altamira Cave, which is west of the city Santander. These caves are very famous for their prehistoric artwork on their walls which are said to be 13,000 to 14,000 years old. The cave is 941 feet long, and the lateral chamber (which has most of the paintings) measures 60 by 30 feet. This interests me because it would be very cool to see the artwork of people that were living so long ago and how big the cave actually is. Some of the main things that are painted there are Bison, Horses, Deer, and hands in all sorts of colors. This is one of the main attractions in Spain and would be very interesting to visit someday.
Quick gazpacho
Juan Hayes Gazpacho is a sauce made with tomatoes, olive oil, peppers and cucumbers. Then it is chilled and poured into bowls or glasses. This is often eaten in southern Spain. All the bars have this in jars for in the summer. You can try it with bread. I hope I can try it one day!
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Adam B.
- I did bull fighting. I did bull fighting because I have always kind of wondered why the bull only tries to hit the red or pink cape. It seems like the bull only sees the cape and nothing else. Every time bull fighting occur there are six bulls that will be fighting each that must be at least four years old and weigh at least 1010 pounds and weigh up to about 1300 pounds. For every two bulls there is one matadore and each of the matadores has six assistants two are on horse back and they are called "lancers" then there are three are flagmen and the sixth one is a sword servant. I thought that the whole system was interesting about how there are so many people are involved but you only see the one matadore.
Felipe Schultz
- I did the famous city of Seville because it is an important place in Spain. Not only does it just hold feria de abril, but also is very known for many tourist sites such as the Metropol Parasol. Seville is an old city and was found more than 2,200 years ago. With a population of 703,021 people, it ranks 4th of the top five cities of Spain. In Seville, almost everyone uses the bus or a tram for transportation. A famous food in Seville is seafood both fried and grilled, and also gazpacho (kind of like a cold tomato soup). After learning more about this city, it definitely is one of the places i would love to visit in my future.
Jacob B- This picture of the statue of Don Quixote and Sncho Panza in Madrid is one of the most famous symbols of the Spanish culture. The statue is a representation of Don uixote and his companion Sancho Panza as they adventure La Mancha. I chose this statue, because it is a great representaion of the spanish culture showing how the spanish people are very creative, and innovative. Don quixote was the first novel created for just entertinment. Don Quixote's statue is located at Plaza de Espana in the heart of Madrid and Spain. The story of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza is one of the most commonly known stories in Spain hugley impacting the Spanish culture.
Josiah- The paella is one of spains most famous dishes. Originally a poor man's dish. The paella has a nationwide fame with each region, town, village and even house hold creating their own versions of the dish. There are many paella competitions throughout spain ranging from the biggest to the best tasting and each region has its own "Paella Day". I Chose this dish because the Paella is important to the spainish culture, and it looks
delicious.
Annie- I chose Flamenco Dancing because it is one of the traditions of the Spanish Culture and also because I dance as well. However, Flamenco Dancing is a misconception, Flamenco is actually a genre of music in which people dance to. Guitar, vocal and rhythm are the main components to Flamenco style music. When you are doing this style of dance, the "costumes" are styled like the dresses in the picture above. They are tight in the top and have ruffled mermaid tails on the bottle. When you are dancing the bottoms follow you as you turn. The inspiration of this dance comes from its audience. When dancing the audience most likely claps along to the music making a nice beat for the dancers to improve to. Flamenco dancing is most commonly performed in the streets and at festivals in Spain.
Sadie---> The picture is of downtown Madrid. The reason I chose it was because I was curious as to if downtown would be the same or different then around downtown La Crosse, WI. I can defiantly see some differences, for example they don't have a cars going up and down the street more people appear to be walking places. Also they appear to also have more homes above what I can only guess are shops. Unlike downtown, where if there are two story buildings their either two different, or just a few apartments though not as many as I can see in downtown Madrid above. I personally feel the buildings look more colorful then ours downtown as well. we usually just see brick buildings, if I'm remembering correctly. To me it also looks like the buildings downtown are much taller then ours by just a few floors. I really do find it interesting to be seeing more people walking then driving because here most drive around downtown.
Dane-- I chose the aqueducts of Segovia, Spain even though it was built by the Romans it is one of my favorite piece of architecture in Spain. One reason it is one of my favorite is because it reflects the modern side of the past and the engineering of the old times. And just the look of it is amazing the amount of planning that had to go into such an amazing feat of engineering. The architecture is great and it was just to get water across the city. And for someone to have came up with such an amazing way to move water from one place to another.
Macayla-- I choose the medieval walls in Avila, Spain because this is beautiful. This medieval structure surrounds the whole city of Avila. It's over 1,000 years old and it looks like it's brand new. Even if some parts are broken down it's still so beautiful. I've always been interested in "ancient" structures; such as this, or anything relatively old and beautiful. This structure and structures like it are just impressive, I mean this is built out of stone before we had "fancy" machines and these amazing "thingies" that build the buildings we have now. It probably has been restored here and there but just imagine how long it took to build and how many trial and errors they probably went through. It just amazes me how beautiful and creative this is and it's; again, over 1,000 years old.
Kristina H- I chose the windmills in La Mancha. These windmills are very old and were made famous in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quijote de La Mancha. This novel was the first novel written for pure enjoyment. Now I know windmills can't be that exiting to most people, but in my family we always like to point out windmills on car rides. Even today we still use windmills. They might look a little different then they did back in the days that these were built but, they still complete the task they were designed to do.
Jacob F - I chose soccer because it is my favorite sport and something that the Spanish culture loves to do. Soccer is one of the very popular hobbies among them with all the teams in spain and player recruiting. It's always interesting to see how dedicated the fans in spain are to soccer and will show up to watch almost all games and devote their lives to this sport. Soccer is pride to them having a pitch or space to play in almost every town in spain for many people to either particpate in or spectate the games. Being there national sport and much loved activity I believe soccer is one of the very imortant parts of the Spanish culture.
Zach D - I chose the Royal Palace of Madrid, it was built in 1755 and has 3,418 rooms inside.
It is the largest Palace standing in Western Europe covering 135,000 sq. meters. The royal family doesn't actually live in it anymore, and it has become a major tourist attraction. The interior of the palace consists of priceless art, paintings, watches, and a ton of other stuff. One interesting fact is that the Palace was burnt down by emperor Philip V, and after he had a new one built, after that waste of time/ money it lasted only less than 100 years before nobody even lived there anymore. Yet it still stands to be one of the top landmarks in Espana.
Aaron \(O_O\) This is a picture of the running of the bull. The running of the bulls is an event that takes place every year in pampolna, it came about in the 13th century and it was invented to get the bulls to the fighting ring. Even though the running of the bulls is dangerous in the last century there has only been 13 deaths the latest being in 1995. I chose this picture because i was interested in what the reason for the running of the bulls was.
Adam- I did the Running if the Bulls. The Running of the has always been a little weird to me. Why would you want to put
yourself with a bunch of other people and try to run away from a horde of angry bulls. The whole point of the Running of the Bulls was to create a large spectacle that the rest of the world would see as unimaginable to the rest of the world. At the start two rockets are fired to get the bulls angry and wanting to get moving. Then the bulls chase the runners for a distance of eight-hundred and twenty-five meters and this is the distance between the corral and the bullring. The runners only have to run for about three to four minutes but the longest run lasted over ten minutes. That is the case when one bull gets separated from the rest of the group.
Kristina B- I decided to choose the beautiful beach called Tossa de Mar. This beach has soft white sand is known for its crystal clear waters and beautiful views. It is surrounded by cliffs and also to the west is a beautiful medieval castle, which you can climb to the top and look over the Tossa de Mar beach. The beach is located on the coastline of Costa Brava and is almost always filled with tourists and people from that area. The beach is 380 meters long and 60 meters wide. It can hold many people and attracts many from far away. I chose this beach because I love traveling to new places and being able to swim in the crystal clear waters. I thought is was super cool how next to the beach was an old medieval castle. You would not have to look far to find a view at this beach. I would definitely not mind coming here on my next trip.
Kate- I chose La Tomatina, because it looks fun and somewhat kind of bizarre. La Tomatina is one of Spain's big celebrations. Many people, tourists and locals gather on the last Wednesday in August, to take part in this celebration. La Tomatina is part of the week-long festival, honoring Buñol Patron Saint. The local government sponsors the event by sending in over 88,000 pounds of tomatoes to be used. The tomato war lasts for one hour, and after an hour everyone has to stop throwing tomatoes. Afterwards, fire trucks come and spray the streets and because of the acidity in the tomatoes, the ground is clean.
Adam munns- This is la tomatina a huge yearly festival that is held in the town of bunol ( there is a ~ on the n) which is in eastern Spain it has been held on the last Wednesday of august since 1945. Participants literally just throw tomatoes at each other I choose it for that reason because it seems kinda neat. It was estimated that 145,000 kg of tomatoes were thrown at the 2015 event. You have to get a ticket (there is a limited amount) for a small fee to enter, this is to limit the amount of participants. At the end fire trucks hose down the streets and people and the cobbles end up very shiny due to the tomatoes acid.
Chelsea L- Inspired by Gothic ways, it's different from other cities. A scene fallen out of a fairy tale, Barcelona is just the most beautiful place! All created by Antoni Gaudi. With medieval roots and bizarre architecture, the shopping streets are constantly filled with 3,000 pedestrians! Their harbor is the largest and one of the most important in the Mediterranean Sea. The golden beaches you see in Barcelona are artificial because of the rework done, this happened because they were to host the Olympic Games. Speaking of games, FC Barcelona is the most popular sports club here, with it's own museum whom is the 3rd most visited in Spain. And in these busy streets are terrible drivers! With accidents happening every 20 seconds, but on the weekends... It's 10 cars every second!
Carter M- I chose the Altamira Cave, which is west of the city Santander. These caves are very famous for their prehistoric artwork on their walls which are said to be 13,000 to 14,000 years old. The cave is 941 feet long, and the lateral chamber (which has most of the paintings) measures 60 by 30 feet. This interests me because it would be very cool to see the artwork of people that were living so long ago and how big the cave actually is. Some of the main things that are painted there are Bison, Horses, Deer, and hands in all sorts of colors. This is one of the main attractions in Spain and would be very interesting to visit someday.
Juan Hayes
Gazpacho is a sauce made with tomatoes, olive oil, peppers and cucumbers. Then it is chilled and poured into bowls or glasses. This is often eaten in southern Spain. All the bars have this in jars for in the summer. You can try it with bread. I hope I can try it one day!
Adam
B.
- I did bull fighting. I did bull fighting because I have always kind of wondered why the bull only tries to hit the red or pink cape. It seems like the bull only sees the cape and nothing else. Every time bull fighting occur there are six bulls that will be fighting each that must be at least four years old and weigh at least 1010 pounds and weigh up to about 1300 pounds. For every two bulls there is one matadore and each of the matadores has six assistants two are on horse back and they are called "lancers" then there are three are flagmen and the sixth one is a sword servant. I thought that the whole system was interesting about how there are so many people are involved but you only see the one matadore.
Felipe Schultz
- I did the famous city of Seville because it is an important place in Spain. Not only does it just hold feria de abril, but also is very known for many tourist sites such as the Metropol Parasol. Seville is an old city and was found more than 2,200 years ago. With a population of 703,021 people, it ranks 4th of the top five cities of Spain. In Seville, almost everyone uses the bus or a tram for transportation. A famous food in Seville is seafood both fried and grilled, and also gazpacho (kind of like a cold tomato soup). After learning more about this city, it definitely is one of the places i would love to visit in my future.